Summer Specials: Floortime intensives

DIRFloortime Intensives will be available to families seeking services 2-3x per week for 30-45 minute sessions. These intensives with focus on "getting down on the floor" with you and your child to help you increase your understanding of your child and learn how to best support their growth and development. 

The D.I.R. Floortime approach is based on the fact that emotion and social-emotional experiences (relationships and interactions with others) are critical to the growth of the mind and brain. For many people with developmental challenges such as autism, social-emotional experiences can be challenging. In DIRFloortime, we get this emotional process going by first “following the child’s lead.” Following your child's lead means following his or her interests and strengths that are driven by their emotions.

• What interests your child?
• What makes your child feel happy, sad, frustrated, withdrawn, etc.?
• What makes your child meltdown or tantrum?
• What struggles does your child experience at home, in school, or out in the community?

Whatever it is, your child's interest is your clue. It is your window into what he or she is feeling and thinking. We can help you learn how to follow your child's lead to help them overcome what may be most difficult or may be holding them back.

Home of DIRFloortime® (Floortime) - DIR® Intensives. (n.d.). https://www.icdl.com/institute/intensives